Züün salaanii khural
Read in Mongolian
Name(s) of Temple :
Züün salaanii khural,English name: Assembly in Züün salaa,
Rinchen Number :
940
Rinchen Name :
Züün salaanii khural
Type of Temple :
Temporary Assembly
Aimag Temple located in :
Ulan Bator
Old Aimag Name :
Ulaanbaatar
Description of location :
This temple was situated in Tolgoit, a mountain and the surrounding area to the north-west of Ulaanbaatar. The temple site is at the current area of Tolgoit, in (Tolgoitiin) Züün salaa, on the north-west of Ulaanbaatar.
GPS was taken at the final bus stop of Züün salaa, as the exact location is unknown.
GPS readings :
North 47° 59’ East 106° 53’
Revived temple on site :
No
Status of site at time of survey :
Presumably there are no remains left. The exact site was not found having contradictory data on its exact location. The whole area is built over with weekend houses.
Old monastery/temple revived:
No
Үүсгэн байгуулагч хүний нэр болон цол хэргэм (мэдэгдэж байвал):
Date of Reviving:
Notes :
See UBR 940 AM.pdf for more information. This temple was situated in Tolgoit, a mountain and the surrounding area to the north-west of Ulaanbaatar. The two side valleys in the mountain north-west of Ulaanbaatar are called Züün salaa and Baruun salaa (right and left branches of the road/valley). Prior to 1937 there was a small temple or chapel in each valley, which were visited mainly by nomads from the surrounding area. All data on this temple is kindly provided by Kristina Teleki and Zsuzsa Majer who retain copyright. See relevant section in Monasteries and Temples of Bogdiin Khüree, Ikh Khüree or Urga, the Old Capital City of Mongolia in the First Part of the Twentieth Century: Zsuzsa Majer, Krisztina Teleki Budapest, Hungary. Ulaanbaatar 2006
Today, two smaller valleys can be reached from the final bus stop of Züün salaa. The one to the north, called Lam nariin baaz/lager, is now full of weekend houses, while the one to the north-east is military territory, which cannot be entered. According to the soldiers interviewed in the survey, there are no ruins in this valley and no-one could be found who had heard of the temple.
The Bayankhoshuu monastery (Namdoldechinlen khiid, Jagarmolomiin neremjit ulaan yosnii töw, located nearby, see New temples 18) disciplinary master informed us that the temple was in the place called Lam nariin baaz/lager (‘the weekend area with weekend houses of lamas’) in the valley north of the final bus stop. He mentioned Bayan khulgait as another name for the place and has even visited it searching for the ruins, but, according to him, there is nothing left. Pürew (Mongoliin uls töriin töw, p. 71) gives a different location for this temple, claiming it was situated in the valley called Belgüünii am.
According to Pürew, Züün salaanii khural, like Baruun salaanii khural, was a chapel for the worship of water spirits (lus sawdag, Tib. klu sa-bdag) and only ever had a temporary assembly. These kind of smaller temples scattered on the outskirts of the capital were neglected after 1937-38 and nowadays nothing remains of them. According to Pürew (Mongoliin uls töriin töw, p. 71), this temple was destroyed in 1937-38.
All data on this temple is kindly provided by Kristina Teleki and Zsuzsa Majer who retain copyright. See relevant section in Monasteries and Temples of Bogdiin Khüree, Ikh Khüree or Urga, the Old Capital City of Mongolia in the First Part of the Twentieth Century: Zsuzsa Majer, Krisztina Teleki Budapest, Hungary. Ulaanbaatar 2006
Form Number :
UBR 940
Survey Team :
Team C